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1994–95 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1994–95
year	1994
Team	Washington Capitals
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	22–18–8
HomeRecord	15–6–3
RoadRecord	7–12–5
GoalsFor	136
GoalsAgainst	120
GeneralManager	David Poile
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Dale Hunter
AltCaptain	Calle Johansson
Joe Juneau
Michal Pivonka
Arena	USAir Arena
Attendance	14,158
MinorLeague	Portland Pirates
Hampton Roads Admirals
GoalsLeader	Peter Bondra (34)
AssistsLeader	Joe Juneau (38)
PointsLeader	Peter Bondra (43)
Joe Juneau
PlusMinusLeader	Joe Reekie (+10)
PIMLeader	Craig Berube (173)
WinsLeader	Jim Carey (18)
GAALeader	Jim Carey (2.13)

Joe Juneau Michal Pivonka Hampton Roads Admirals Joe Juneau

The 1994–95 Washington Capitals season was the team's 21st season of play. After stumbling to a 3–10–5 record by February 28, the Capitals caught a break in bringing up 20-year-old rookie goaltender Jim Carey from the Portland Pirates for their March 2 game against the New York Islanders. The Capitals edged the Islanders 4–3 and Carey made 21 saves. Carey would finish his rookie season with an impressive 18–6–3 record, a 2.13 goals against average (GAA) and four shutouts. With the help of Carey's superb goaltending, Washington would go on to win 19 of their final 30 games and finish in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, with a 22–18–8 record for 52 points. Peter Bondra had an excellent season, leading all NHL skaters in goals (34) and shorthanded goals (6).

Regular season

The Capitals tied the Buffalo Sabres for the most short-handed goals scored (13) and tied the St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed (2) during the regular season.

Final standings

Playoffs

In the first round of the playoffs, the Capitals faced their old rivals from 1991, 1992 and 1994, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Washington had defeated Pittsburgh in the first round one year earlier and were hoping to do the same in 1995. The series started out well for the Capitals, as they defeated the Penguins 5–4 in the opening game. In Game 2, Washington held a 3–1 lead after two periods, but Pittsburgh scored four times in the third period to win 5–3 and tie the series at 1–1. Washington won Games 3 and 4 at home by identical scores of 6–2. The two teams skated to a 5–5 tie in Game 5, and with just 4:30 into the first overtime period, Luc Robitaille scored his fourth of the playoffs to keep the Penguins alive in the series. Peter Bondra, Dale Hunter, Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens each scored twice in the game. Leading three games to two, the Capitals had a chance to eliminate the Penguins on home ice in Game 6, but goaltender Jim Carey struggled, allowing six goals on just 13 shots. Washington got only one shot (by Keith Jones) past Pittsburgh goaltender Ken Wregget, who made 30 saves. The Penguins went on to win the game 7–1 and tied the series at three games apiece. Jaromir Jagr, Luc Robitaille and Tomas Sandstrom each scored twice. In Game 7, Carey played better than he had in Game 6, stopping 15 of 17 shots, but Ken Wregget was solid again and stopped all 33 Washington shots to get the shutout. Troy Murray would add an empty-net goal to give Pittsburgh a 3–0 win and the series victory, four games to three. It was the second time in four years that the Penguins had defeated the Capitals after trailing 3–1 in a playoff series.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||January 21, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1994–95) ||0–0–1 || |- |2||January 24, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1994–95) ||0–1–1 || |- |3||January 25, 1995||0–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1994–95) ||0–2–1 || |- |4||January 27, 1995||5–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1994–95) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||January 29, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1994–95) ||1–3–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || May 6, 1995 || 5–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || May 8, 1995 || 3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || May 10, 1995 || 6–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || May 12, 1995 || 6–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || May 14, 1995 || 5–6 OT || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Capitals lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 16, 1995 || 1–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || May 18, 1995 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins || Penguins win 4–3 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
12	RW	47	34	9	43	9	24	7	5	3	8	0	10
90	C	44	5	38	43	−1	8	7	2	6	8	−2	2
20	C	46	10	23	33	3	50	7	1	4	5	2	21
6	D	46	5	26	31	−6	35	7	3	1	4	6	0
8	LW	48	12	14	26	0	41	7	1	4	5	4	0
22	LW	46	11	14	25	7	44	7	2	5	7	2	12
10	LW	48	10	13	23	5	6	7	0	3	3	−2	4
32	C	45	8	15	23	−4	101	7	4	4	8	0	24
26	RW	40	14	6	20	−2	65	7	4	4	8	−1	22
3	D	47	5	14	19	2	53	7	1	3	4	−9	2
4	D	47	0	13	13	6	43	7	0	2	2	3	8
24	D	42	3	9	12	−5	71	1	0	0	0	−2	2
9	C	29	4	5	9	2	10	2	0	0	0	−1	0
17	D	31	2	5	7	4	22	7	2	2	4	8	2
29	D	48	1	6	7	10	97	7	0	0	0	−4	2
27	LW	43	2	4	6	−5	173	7	0	0	0	−3	29
25	RW	32	0	6	6	−6	96	3	1	0	1	0	17
2	D	23	3	1	4	2	41	7	0	0	0	1	4
36	C	13	1	3	4	2	8	7	0	2	2	1	4
14	C	18	0	4	4	−6	12
41	C	12	2	1	3	−3	6
34	RW	8	2	1	3	3	2
28	D	16	0	3	3	−3	6
23	C	27	1	1	2	−6	102	5	0	0	0	−1	36
15	C	10	1	0	1	−2	2
31	G	8	0	1	1		2
44	D	3	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
18	LW	2	0	0	0	0	2
30	G	28	0	0	0		0	7	0	0	0		4
35	G	4	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		0
37	G	14	0	0	0		4	2	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
30	Jim Carey	28	18	6	3	654	57	2.13	.913	4	1604	7	2	4	151	25	4.19	.834	0	358
37	Olaf Kolzig	14	2	8	2	305	30	2.49	.902	0	724	2	1	0	21	1	1.35	.952	0	44
35	Byron Dafoe	4	1	1	1	80	11	3.53	.863	0	187	1	0	0	3	1	3.00	.667	0	20
31	Rick Tabaracci	8	1	3	2	147	16	2.44	.891	0	394	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL All-Rookie Team	Jim Carey (Goaltender)
NHL Player of the Month	Jim Carey (March)	last1=Hochberg	first1=Len	title=CAREY SNARES PIECE OF HISTORY	url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1995/04/02/carey-snares-piece-of-history/7fbbc101-734d-4f9e-b168-f23c86474c3c/	newspaper=Washington Post	access-date=September 11, 2023	date=April 2, 1995}}
NHL Rookie of the Month	Jim Carey (March)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	600th assist
Ken Klee	January 25, 1995
Sergei Gonchar	February 7, 1995
Jim Carey	March 2, 1995
Jeff Nelson	March 5, 1995
Martin Gendron	March 26, 1995
Dale Hunter	January 27, 1995

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1994 NHL entry draft held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Nolan Baumgartner	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
1	15	Alexander Kharlamov	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
2	41	Scott Cherrey	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	93	Matt Herr	The Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT)
5	119	Yanick Jean	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
6	145	Dmitri Mekeshkin	Avangard Omsk (Russia)
7	171	Dan Reja	London Knights (OHL)
8	197	Chris Patrick	Kent School (USHS-CT)
9	223	John Tuohy	South Kent School (USHS-CT)
10	249	Richard Zednik	Banska Bystrica (Slovakia)
11	275	Sergei Tertyshny	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)

References

"1994-95 NHL Summary".
"1994-95 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
(April 2, 1995). "CAREY SNARES PIECE OF HISTORY". Washington Post.
"1994-95 NHL Debuts".
(January 28, 1995). "CAPITALS BREAK ICE, GET FIRST WIN". Washington Post.
"1994 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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